Evidence of Intentional Fraud (Damien Specht, MoFo)

This Was Not a Mistake. This Was the Plan.

Sagewind Capital’s own legal counsel admitted what federal procurement officials have long tried to ignore: if the facts hold, Tria Federal and Intellect Solutions committed fraud.

The $35M DHA contract in question was awarded to Intellect under a WOSB set-aside, but the actual execution, nearly 100% of the labor, was conducted by Tria Federal, a large business disqualified from prime eligibility. The whistleblower was one of only two Intellect employee performing real work. Everyone else? Tria staff, hidden behind org chart euphemisms and billing opacity.

When confronted with this, Sagewind’s attorney attempted to dodge intent: “If it can be fixed, it’s not really actionable.” But Jolissaint didn’t allege oversight, he proved orchestration. Multiple contracts structured the same way. Labor plans written to deceive. A whistleblower fired and then retaliated against when he went to the COR. And Sagewind’s own general counsel couldn’t deny it: “If that’s true, yeah, that would be a problem.”

What do you call a structure designed to bypass federal law while extracting millions in set-aside awards meant for actual small and disadvantaged businesses?

This wasn’t a clerical error. It was a business model.